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Familiar lectures on scientific subjects

by: Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871

Publication date: 1866

Publisher: London, A. Strahan & co.

Collection: cdl; americana

Digitizing sponsor: MSN

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

About volcanos and earthquakes.--The sun.--On comets.--The weather and weather prophets.--Celestial measurings and weighings.--On light: pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, dispersion, colour, absorption. pt. II. Theories of light, interferences, diffraction. pt. III. Double refraction, polarization.--On sensorial vision.--The yard, the pendulum, and the metre.--On atoms.--A dialogue.--On the origin of force.--On the absorption of light by coloured media, viewed in connexion with the undulatory theory.--On the estimation of skill in target shooting

Addeddate: 2007-02-05 23:51:38

Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-234856

Camera: 1Ds

Collection-library: nrlf_ucb

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by ian white for item familiarlectures00hersrich on February 5, 2007: no visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1866.